By all means, continue trolling and flaming. Since it is under the guise of being a civilized, top hat and monocle wearing discussion it makes it alright.

Pip pip!

Hah, I actually appreciate the correction. I'm a bit of a grammar Nazi myself, sometimes, and I didn't even notice that I was typing this wrong.

I welcome being politely corrected when I'm wrong.

Goodness my reputation is at stake! How rare to have a simple message become a chiding, personal attack.

By all means, continue trolling and flaming. Since it is under the guise of being a civilized, top hat and monocle wearing discussion it makes it alright.

Are you guys having some sneaky in-joke? That's rude. I demand to be enlightened at once, or I'm taking my ball home.

Lore says I can load out my Tie Bomber with pamphlets. So who are you to argue my choice of warhead?

I'm glad I learned something new from it too. But really guys it's a small problem. No worries. There are many more important things to worry about.

While we are on the subject: Cannon, a weapon, typically a big gun.

Canon: An established lore of fiction.

I'm glad I learned something new from it too. But really guys it's a small problem. No worries. There are many more important things to worry about.

You mean the whole "literally thing"? I agree.

Thanks much! I don't think I noticed that one. I'd much rather be called out on being wrong, than for someone to stay silent and allow me to wallow in my mediocrity.

Like trophies for participants...bah, hogwash!

While we are on the subject: Cannon, a weapon, typically a big gun.

Canon: An established lore of fiction.

Alas, that one frequently trips me up

Strictly speaking, by the way, canon refers to the actual works, not the lore contained within those works (so the Star Wars canon is the six films). It's also a noun, not an adjective: a thing can't be canon (it could be of canon, or in the canon). At least, that's according to the dictionary. Presumably at some point they'll update it to mean what we all use it to mean.

Actually, I say "the Star Wars canon", but that's that's an interesting point. "The canon" traditionally refers to the works of a given author. In the modern world where an author can hand off legal ownership of his works to someone else, what does the canon refer to? Canon exists in the artistic realm, not the legal one - does the concept of legal ownership really have any bearing on it?

Interesting thoughts, and also I've just typed canon enough that hopefully I'll never spell it wrong again, unless I end up referring to artillery as canons.

Lore says I can load out my Tie Bomber with pamphlets. So who are you to argue my choice of warhead?

Data's brother is in Star Trek, not Star Wars, but I do believe that the pen is mightier than the laser cannon. As did the snarky commentators on Alderaan.

Just to make the difference clear:

its ordinance

VS ordnance

A cannon that appears in disavowed Star Wars comics and that is an illicit upgrade could be literally a literary non-canon cannon that violates the ordnance ordinance.

edited to make it even worse.

in this context, I just want to mention there is something like context.

A cannon that appears in disavowed Star Wars comics and that is an illicit upgrade could be literally a literary non-canon cannon that violates the ordnance ordinance.

edited to make it even worse.

I find it a sign of my increased insanity that I understood all of that.

Lore says I can load out my Tie Bomber with pamphlets. So who are you to argue my choice of warhead?

Data's brother is in Star Trek, not Star Wars, but I do believe that the pen is mightier than the laser cannon. As did the snarky commentators on Alderaan.

Hmm, so you reckon ordinance is mightier than ordnance. Perhaps. It was ordinance that brought Palpatine to power, but then it was ordnance that would have ended him (if he hadn't already been thrown down a hole by Vader). Maybe we'll see in Force Awakens: if ordinance brings down the Empire then you're right

I think we can all agree ordnance made for better films...

Lore says I can load out my Tie Bomber with pamphlets. So who are you to argue my choice of warhead?

Data's brother is in Star Trek, not Star Wars, but I do believe that the pen is mightier than the laser cannon. As did the snarky commentators on Alderaan.

Hmm, so you reckon ordinance is mightier than ordnance. Perhaps. It was ordinance that brought Palpatine to power, but then it was ordnance that would have ended him (if he hadn't already been thrown down a hole by Vader). Maybe we'll see in Force Awakens: if ordinance brings down the Empire then you're right

I think we can all agree ordnance made for better films...

I guess so, but it would have been neat if Lando had used pronoun torpedoes and shot Palpatine right between the I's.

Troll post.

Dont troll bubble i expect more from you.

It's a little silly to have expectations of people on the internet.

I don't think you get that it was a silly comment to a friend, bubble clearly got it.

I got that. It just struck me funny is all.

I gave up as soon as they made figuratively and literally the same thing, stupid people have won so just go with it.

Totally.

Goodness my reputation is at stake! How rare to have a simple message become a chiding, personal attack.

By all means, continue trolling and flaming. Since it is under the guise of being a civilized, top hat and monocle wearing discussion it makes it alright.

Wrong! You don't say "continue trolling and flaming', you say: " FLAME ON!"

What I find most amusing is that according to this website:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordnance

Ordinance was the original spelling of the word, at some point it was shortened to Ordnance, then over the course of 6 centuries the meaning of the original spelling diverged sufficiently to the 2 distinct differences we have today.

though I must admit how the meaning of Ordinance evolved from Military equipment or provisions/Military logistics to legal documents baffles me.

So at one point either spelling was correct, I suppose you could argue that they are still one and the same due to one being a shortened of the original word, though shortening a 9 letter word to an 8 letter word did seem rather pointless.

What I find most amusing is that according to this website:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordnance

Ordinance was the original spelling of the word, at some point it was shortened to Ordnance, then over the course of 6 centuries the meaning of the original spelling diverged sufficiently to the 2 distinct differences we have today.

though I must admit how the meaning of Ordinance evolved from Military equipment or provisions/Military logistics to legal documents baffles me.

So at one point either spelling was correct, I suppose you could argue that they are still one and the same due to one being a shortened of the original word, though shortening a 9 letter word to an 8 letter word did seem rather pointless.

Hmm, and this game is set a long time ago, in which case the ordinance enacting the modern spelling of ordnance may not apply...

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though I must admit how the meaning of Ordinance evolved from Military equipment or provisions/Military logistics to legal documents baffles me.

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perhaps originally the term described more the process of acquirement the stuff than the stuff itself - requisition/paper work etc, perhaps there is the connection to some legal documents.

A cannon that appears in disavowed Star Wars comics and that is an illicit upgrade could be literally a literary non-canon cannon that violates the ordnance ordinance.

edited to make it even worse.

City Ordinance, and sh*tty ordnance. Both need fixing.

I'm glad I learned something new from it too. But really guys it's a small problem. No worries. There are many more important things to worry about.

Like finding out here Willy Wonka hid the 5th golden ticket.